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Moss Bloom Dust
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Moss Bloom Dust

Green · Hue 100
Hex
#BCD2B2
RGB
rgb(188, 210, 178)
HSL
hsl(100, 26%, 76%)
CMYK
cmyk(10%, 0%, 15%, 18%)
Metrics
S 26% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.6:1Fail
on black
13:1AA
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About this color

Moss Bloom Dust (#BCD2B2) belongs to the green family — hue 100°, 26% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-moss-bloom-dust: #BCD2B2;
  --colorarchive-moss-bloom-dust-hsl: hsl(100, 26%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-moss-bloom-dust-rgb: rgb(188, 210, 178);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

CalmingHealingOpen
Common in

Wellness · Meditation Apps · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft lavender for serenity, warm cream for organic warmth

Design tip

Perfect for health and wellness interfaces. Light greens reduce visual stress — use for backgrounds in reading-heavy layouts.

Cultural context ▶

Mint and sage greens symbolize healing, tranquility, and renewal. Common in spa and wellness branding.

Color Origins

Green family

The color of growth, currency, and the longest-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts their greens; it was unstable, eating through parchment over centuries. Terre verte (green earth) was used for under-painting flesh in the Italian tradition. Scheele's green and Paris green, both 19th-century arsenic compounds, killed an unknown number of wallpaper-makers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable; the iconic Brunswick green that became British Racing Green dates to the same chemistry.

Across cultures

Green is the dominant color of Islam — the Prophet's banner, the flags of many Muslim-majority nations, the domes of mosques. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Japan, green and blue (ao/midori) were a single concept until recently; traffic 'green lights' there are still a deeper teal-ish shade. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks' green has barely changed since 1971. John Deere has used essentially the same green since 1837 — the longest continuous brand color in commerce. The U.S. dollar is green because of the chemistry of camphor and copper sulfate, not branding. Whatsapp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green; each chose it for a different reason (community, sound, Dutch heritage). Hospital scrubs were originally white but switched to green/teal because surgeons were getting after-image fatigue.

How it reads

Green is the hue the eye is most efficient at parsing — half of all our cone cells are tuned near 555nm. That makes green the easiest color to look at for long periods, which is why it dominates productivity software, 'go' indicators, and reading-friendly UI. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful (Mountain Dew, Slack notifications). It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

A pale, gentle tone — pastel territory, where the hue acts more like a tinted neutral than a stated color.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #BCD2B2.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →
  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #BCD2B2.

  • ScandinaviaOat Beige
    #D5C7A7 · Linseed oil-treated pine
    →
  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →
  • IcelandLopapeysa Cream
    #E8DFCC · Undyed Icelandic sheep wool
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Moss Pearl Dust
#D3E1CC · hsl(100, 26%, 84%)
Darker companion
Moss Silk Dust
#A6C398 · hsl(100, 26%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Mulberry Bloom Dust
#C7B2D2 · hsl(280, 26%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Emerald Bloom Dust
#B2D2B2 · hsl(120, 26%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Chartreuse Bloom Dust
#CAD2B2 · hsl(75, 26%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Cobalt Bloom Dust
#B2BCD2 · hsl(220, 26%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Garnet Bloom Dust
#D2B2BC · hsl(340, 26%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Violet Bloom Dust
#B7B2D2 · hsl(250, 26%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Peony Bloom Dust
#D2B2CC · hsl(310, 26%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Moss Bloom Dust #BCD2B2
Lighter companion: Moss Pearl Dust #D3E1CC
Darker companion: Moss Silk Dust #A6C398
Complementary counterpoint: Mulberry Bloom Dust #C7B2D2
Analogous lead: Emerald Bloom Dust #B2D2B2
Analogous echo: Chartreuse Bloom Dust #CAD2B2
Triadic +120°: Cobalt Bloom Dust #B2BCD2
Triadic +240°: Garnet Bloom Dust #D2B2BC
Split-comp +150°: Violet Bloom Dust #B7B2D2
Split-comp +210°: Peony Bloom Dust #D2B2CC

Compare

See how Moss Bloom Dust compares side by side with related colors.

vsMoss Pearl DustvsMoss Silk DustvsMulberry Bloom DustvsEmerald Bloom DustvsChartreuse Bloom DustvsCobalt Bloom Dust

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Moss Bloom Muted
#BECDB7 · hsl(100, 18%, 76%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Soft
#BBD7AD · hsl(100, 34%, 76%)
Nearby match
Moss Silk Dust
#A6C398 · hsl(100, 26%, 68%)
Nearby match
Moss Pearl Dust
#D3E1CC · hsl(100, 26%, 84%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Faint
#C0C8BC · hsl(100, 10%, 76%)
Nearby match
Moss Silk Muted
#A9BC9F · hsl(100, 18%, 68%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.1:1
Mulberry Shadow Clear
#54216E
AAA7.2:1
Mulberry Shadow Vivid
#59137C
AAA7.1:1
Mulberry Shadow Bright
#5B0B83
AAA7:1
Mulberry Shadow Pure
#5D0689
AAA8.1:1
Mulberry Nocturne Faint
#352E38
AAA8.4:1
Mulberry Nocturne Muted
#362A3C

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#C5C3BC
Protanopia
#C6C6BA
Tritanopia
#BDC1C2
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